From the highs of 2017 to extreme volatility of 2018, from regulatory action around the world to increasing adoption among institutional players, it’s been a wild ride.
Bitcoin has been on a downward ride over the last year, steadily trading below US$4,000. It could get worse.
The service could use a "stablecoin", or a cryptocurrency which is pegged to a fiat currency to avoid the volatility of "unpegged" cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.
In the 10 years since the launch of bitcoin, billions of dollars in digital assets have been lost or rendered inaccessible, often due to the failure of an infrastructure provider such as a custodian or exchange.
Demand for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum is continually increasing, fuelled by the escalating dissatisfaction with fiat money and the present banking infrastructures.
2018 has been a difficult year for cryptocurrency miners, with thousands of operations closing down, but 2019 may see a revival, and also some consolidation.
Samsung has denied a report about its alleged plan to integrate a cold wallet for cryptocurrencies into the Galaxy S10.
The Bitcoin bubble surpasses this and all other cases identified by Mackay. It is perhaps the most extreme bubble since the late 19th century
Chicago-based cryptocurrency exchange ErisX announced Tuesday it received $27.5 million from Bitmain, ConsenSys, Fidelity Investments, Monex Group and Nasdaq.
The recent meltdown of cryptocurrency prices resulted in over 100,000 individual miners closing operations. At least 600,000 bitcoin mining rigs have been shut down globally since mid-November, leading to deep discounts for the hardware.
Bitcoin’s roller-coaster ride this year may not have ended with its dramatic crash in November and the cryptocurrency is likely heading for another round of punishment, analysts told International Business Times.
Bitcoin fell from over $6,000 to below $3,500 within a span of 10 days, a 42 percent fall, in November. The last time it was trading at similar lows was in August 2017.
Asus, in partnership with Quantum Cloud, will design a software that allows gamers to use their idle graphics cards to mine cryptocurrency and receive a digital cash payout through PayPal or WeChat.
Could the company’s bet on bitcoin trades backfire?
Made by Sirin Labs, blockchain-enabled smartphone Finney is embedded with a cold storage cryptocurrency wallet and is priced at $999.
In the last seven days, the price of bitcoin fell by 13 percent, XRP by 16 percent, ethereum by 15 percent, bitcoin cash by 22 percent, stellar by 23 percent, and EOS by 17 percent.
Authorities in Bulgaria arrested three suspects Thursday and charged them with theft of cryptocurrencies worth about $3 million.
Bitcoin has dropped by more than 35% in just a few weeks. Is the sell-off going to end anytime soon?
The state of Ohio is the first in the U.S. to officially accept cryptocurrency for tax payments.
Department of Defense's research arm intends to host a blockchain workshop on February 2019 to understand the broader implications that the technology might hold for the DOD.
Gor Gevorkyan, a customer of Bitmain, alleged in a lawsuit that Bitmain was cryptojacking its customers’ newly-purchased mining devices to mine bitcoin.
The Paraguay government will provide 530,000 square feet of land and subsidized power to build the bitcoin mining farm, which would be located near the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant.
